Technical careers explored during camp at Ventura College

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The Summer Career Camp students get ready to compete in the sumobot robotic competition at Summer Career Camp at Ventura College. They built their own robots, and then they tested them with each other on a round playing surface to see who could throw the other off. The camp is for middle school students in sixth to eighth grades. The free camp offers five programs in the areas of robotics, drafting and architecture, environmental science and exploration, criminal justice and business entrepreneurship.

Ventura County Star

Jacob Kaltman wanted to be a naval aviator until he discovered engineering at a summer camp that involved programming a robot to move forward and backward, go through a maze and sumo wrestle.